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EDWARD H. PALMER, OF READING, AND CLARENCE T. BERRY, 0F NEWTON, MASSA- CHUSETTS; SAID BERRY ASSIGNOR ."LO SAID PALMER; EMILY M. PALMER AND -HAROLD.,V. PALMER, BOTH OE BEARING. EVLSSACHUSETTS, lAND TJF/,LLLTER H. ROBERTS, OF MALDEN, MASSACHUSETTS, EXEC'UTGRS OF SAID EIDNARD H. PALMER, DECEASED; SAID EXECUTORS ASSIGNCRS TO EMILY M. PALMER AND HAROLD V.

PALMER, INDIVIDUALLY.

CALCULATING MECHANISM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led November 14,1908. `Serial No. 462,584.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that We,- EDwARD H. PALMER and CLARENCE T.v BERRY, of Reading and Newton, respectively, both in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Calculating Mechanisms, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to calculating apparatus capable of being used in connection with a typewriting machine, and consists in a mechanism or set` of mechanisms mounted upon a? base separate from the typewriting machine-itself but adapted to be engaged or connected in a certain relation with any typewriting machine so that actuating the numberkey levers of the typewriter will cause the calculating mechanisms to be operated so as to show sums or other final results.

The apparatus is designed to give as little additional work to the typewriter operator as possible, and hence it is provided with its own driving means which supplies the actual power used to' effect the calculations, this power being merely controlled and put into operation by the actuation of the number keys or the release elements of the calculating apparatus which are engaged and governed by such keys.` Thus the only power which must be expended by the operator7 additional to that necessary for the operation of the typewriting'machine itself, is simply enough to release the detents which prevent the automatic driver' from operating the calculating mechanism so as to permit such driver or drivers to become operative.

The object of this invention is to provide a mechanism which may be readily and easily brought in contact with'any of the various typewritingL machines, and as readily removed therefrom, which will actually and correctly record the totalization of such expressed in figures, as may be typewritten by an operator on a vtypewriting machine.

Further objects are to provide accuracy f with speed beyond the requirements of skilful operators, together with an expenditure of manual effort that is inappreciable; simple construction that may provide its own adjustments, and that its several parts be readily removable and readily replaced, by persons of ordinary skill; to provide a mechanism which will record results of large amounts, its mechanism providing means for indicating a sum in billions, as readily as in dollars and cents; and to provide a y,mechanism having the least actual mechanical connection with a typewriting machine, easily detached therefrom, and operable with the typewriting machines already in daily use without any structural change, and lapplicable with slight modification to be used separately as an adding machine, so called.

The arrangement, mechanism action and means whereby these objects are accomplished are fully set forth in the following specification, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which the same reference characters indicate the same parts in all the figures.

vI1"igure l represents a longitudinal sectio-nal elevation of a calculating apparatus containing the principles of my invention, together with the lower part of a standard typewriting machine shown as being placed in operative vrelation with the calculating apparatus. Figs. 2 and Qa show in plan view respectively the forward and rear halves of the calculating apparatus embodying my invention with the base frame of the superposed typewriting machine shown in ksection. "Fig: 3 represents an isometric view of the parts which are directly operated by the key levers of the typewriting machine to permit connection of the power driving devices with the calculating mechanisms and indicators, this view showing also means for rendering such parts inoperative. Fig. 4 represents an isometric view of the powerdriven actuating shaft and some of the eccentric driving elements and their connections, which eccentrics are detachably connected with the shaft and rotated when a calculationis to be effected. Figs. 4a, l

and 4c represent detached views of elements of the driving mechanisms shown in Fig. si. Fig. 5 represents an isometric view of the result indicators, the primary actuators therefor, the means by which carrying of tens is effected, and the device by which the indicators are re-set at zero when a calculation is completed. v Figs. 5, 5", 5C, 5d and 5e represent detail views of the several parts which are shown assembled in Fig. 5. Fig. G represents an isometric view of a number of the actuator bars by which the result indicators are directly moved, this figure showing also a part of the driver which imparts the necessary motion to these bars and the trips or pawls by which the bars are selectively connected with said driver. Fig. 7 represents an isometric view of the selectors by which the actuating bars shown in the preceding figure are successively put into connection with the common driver therefor, together w'th the cam means operated under the control of the carriage for operating` these selectors. Fig. 8 represents a sectional elevation showing the cam illustrated in the preceding figure, the driving means therefor, and the connection through which the latter is controlled by the typewriter carriage. Fig. 9 represents a sectional elevation of the driving mechanism shown in Fig. l. Fig'. 10 represents a yplan view illustrating the result indicators and the associated parts shown in Fig. 5.

1 represents the frame of a Remington typewriting machine, broken away t0 show its own working parts, together with the several working parts of the adding attachment mechanism (which hereafter will be referred to as the mechanism) designed to tabulate the added sum of figures typewritten by an operator. 2 represents a key lever of the typewriting machine operating one of the numeral type bars, 3 a spacing bar. si the upper frame and 5 the upper table.

6 (Fig. S) represents a hook fixed to the carriage of the machine to which the steel tape or ribbon is attached.

7 (Fig. 1) is a curved arm projecting down Yard, moving when the shift key is depressed to write capitals or upper case characters.

9 is an inclosed base of the mechanism on which the front 10 and back frame 11 of the typewriting machine rest, thereby raising it about one half inch from its normal position.

12 is the upper surface of the base 9 to which the several members of the mechanism are attached.

1B represents the attachment of the ver tical arm 913 ,of the mechanism to the curved arm 7 of the typewriting machine.

1st (Figs. 1, Q and 3) is an upright support provided for carrying the members of the mechanism. 1t has a flanged horizontal projection 15 by which it is firmly fixed to the surface 12.

17 is a vertical movable member pivotally mounted on screw pin 16 fixed in the side of support 1li. Alt has a forwardly projecting arm near the front end of which is pivotally mounted a friction-reducing fiangcd disk 21 so positioned that its peripheral face 'forms a detachable contact with the under side of the typewriting machine number key :lever Q., (Fig. 1). At the forward end of the projecting arm 17 there is formed a curved slot Q23 capable, upon its depression, of embracing a transverse rod Q18. At its rear end the rocking member 17 near'its top part has a slight toot-lilike projection 17 and back and below this projection its form is a concentric face 17 concentric with its pivotal mounting 16. Directly below said mounting, member 17 also carries firmly fixed to its side by screw and pin 18', an offset or projecting part 18 having a circular slot or opening cut away at its lower part, thereby forming two claw-shaped arms 19 and Q0. These arms embrace pin 25 projecting from rocking member 21.

Pivotally mounted on the side of upright support 11, at 24s, at a point below the claw-shaped arms, is a rocking member 21, sometimes called a lazy dog. It extends upward, back of, and out of contact with arm 1S, its'upper face being formed in a slight eccentric 21 calculated to forma slight frictional contact with the concentric face part 17', during such time as it occupies its indicated position, thereby permitting the rear end of member 17 to rock upward, but to in'nnediately lock it from any rocking downward until such time as Ja full downard stroke of the key lever of the typewriting machine has been made, `iusing the type bar to imprint the selected number by full contact with paper on the platen roll. li'hen the full downward stroke is completed, the curved arm 19 contacts with the projecting pin 25, thereby rocking member 2l, and its eccentric face 21 out of contact with face 17 causing a V-shaped projection 25 at its bottom part to slip over notch point Q8 in bar spring 28, also fixed to the side of support l-l, thus holding laf/.y dog Q4 out of action, permitting member 17 to resume its normal position, and in doing so, claw-arm Q0 contacting with pin 25, rocks lazy dog 21 back' into action. This mechanism is provided to prevent the slight downward motion of a number key, causing a slight movement of member 17, and thereby through rclease arm 29 and link (31, causing the release of an eccentric and totalizing its value any number of times, without printing a corresponding number, thus preventing an apparent incorrect result. Member 17 also carries a projecting stud 2G as a support for one end loop of a curved expansive spring 27.,

its other looped end being carried by stud 29 projecting from the lower part of release arm` 29.

Bar spring 28, its left-hand end fixed to support 14, extending to the right, is provided with a pointed tooth 28 to hold lazy dog 24 in its operative or inoperative posi-r tion, by means of its V-point being held on alternate sides when rocked by arms 19 and 20.

Pivotally mounted on upright support 14 at 30, is an upright rocking release arm 29. lts upper end is formed in a forward and downward curved point 29 designed to contact with projection 17 and to continue in contact with face 17 during upward motion of the latter. The arm 29 provides a pivotal mounting 31 for spring G2, and thereby con nects it with link 61, which extends backward to the release arm 55, (Fig. 4) and thus the slight backward motion of arm 29 causes the actuation of one of the eccentrics, proportioned to the value of the number key depressed, as will later be described. A stop 31 projecting from the face of support 14 limits forward motion of arm 29.

At the rear of the mechanism is a small, shuttle-wound electric motor 32 (Fig. 2e) supported by suitable bearings which are fixed to base surface 12, said motor having an armature 33 (Fig. 1) and field magnets to be electrically excited by electric current. 0n its outward end the armature shaft earries a driving pulley 37, (Fig. 2a).

From upper and lower binding posts connecting wires run to a switch mechanism having a switch arm 39 for closing the circuit, pivotally mounted at 40. All of these parts are mounted on suitable insulation.

A transverse shaft 41 (Figs. l, 2a, and 4 and 9) mounted in journal bearings 42 is supported by upright supports 42 and 42. At its outward end it carries a pulley 43 to be driven by a belt from pulley 37. On this shaft 41 are iixedly mounted nine ratchet toothed wheels 44, situated on said shaft 41 in relation to the several number keys of the type-.writing mechine.

An upright support 45 firmly fixed to the surface plate 12 is situated at the left of each of the ratchet wheels 44. It has a horizontally projecting cylindrical sleeve 4.6 with exterior bearings (out of contact with shaft 41 which passes through its center) for the purpose of carrying the several loosely mounted members 47 of which there are nine.

Referring to Figs. 4. 4a, 4b and 4c, on the cylindrical. sleeve 46 is loosely mounted a cylindrical member 47, on the left of which is mounted an eccentric 48. On its right is mounted a recessed flanged disk 49, the re cess of which provides'for a space for the ratchet wheels 44. To connect the ratchet wheels 44 with the cylindrical member 47,

firmly fixed thereon. Attached to the inner face oit the peripheral tace oit the disk 49`is a spring 52 bearing against the pawl 51, its force being directed to throw said pawl 51 into contact with ratchet wheel 44.

On the left-hand end of pivot is a iixed arm 53 whose front end projects for" ward beyond the periphery of flange 49.,

Projecting to the left from its rear arm, it has a transverse projection 54. An upright rocking arm 55 pivotally mounted to the lower part of post 63, iixed to the base surface 12, carries at its upper end, projecting to the right, two angular faced horizontal bearings or pallets 57 and 58. Between bearings 57 58 is an opening 59 to allow the projection or stud 54 to pass between them.

Pivotally connected to the rocking arm 55 is a link or rod 61 extending forward to release arm 29. This rod or link 61 is provided with a spiral spring part 62, (Fig. 3) in order that its rear motion may be restrained when desired. An upright post 63 iixed in base surface 12 is situated directly in front and in the same plane as arm 1t extends upward to meet arm 53 .in its tangent position, while the rear end of arm 53 is normally supported by its projecting stud 54 resting on a horizontal bearing 57.

A horizontal transverse shaft 64 at the rear oi." the nine eccentrics on shaft 41 is journaled, for rocking motion, at its ends in supports 65 and65 near the bottom line of the typewriting machine trame.

Rigidly fixed to shaft 64 and projecting downward are nine arms 66 one opposite the peripheral tace of each lange 49. On its front edge it has a wedge-shaped projection 67 inclined forward. Projecting from the peripheral face of the flange of disk 49 is a ratchet tooth or wedge-shaped projection 68. lt is situated diametrically opposite the pivot 50 in the disk 49. In its normalA position with. the cylindrical member 47 at rest, j

its position is slightly above the wedgeshaped projection 67 on the rocking arm 66.

At the out 'fard end of rocking shaft 64 is a lixed, downwardly projecting arm 7 O to the extreme lower end of which is piyotally connected a link 72. The eccentrics 48 are furnished with eccentric straps 73 and connecting eccentric rods 74 pass forward and have looped forward ends 75, surrounding the cylindrical rod 8l.

TWithin the typewriting machine, between its side frames and its key levers, are two vertical supports 76 and 77 (Fig. 2a) firmly iixed in base surface 12. Suspended from thc top of each support 76 and 77 by pivotal connections 7 8 and 7 8, and extending downward nearly to the base surface 12, are two CII side arms T9 1 and 6) connected at their lower ends by an angular bar S0 extending across the mechanism, firmly fastened therein to insure equal angular motion. Tifidway between the angular bar S0 and the point of suspension the side arms 'Til are also connected with a cylindrical rod S1 for communicating a rocking motion to the compound bar, through the rotary motion of the several eccentrics 48 (there being nine in number, all different in eccentricity and therefore in degree of motion, from one to nine proportional parts) by either one of 'the eccentric straps and the eccentric rods il, through its slotted end 'T5 surrounding the cylindrical rod S1.

rwo springs attachetl` to the two arms .70 keep the compound vibrating bar S0 forward in its normal position against the tv-fo stops S23 fixed in upright supports TU and T7.

At the front of the mechanism, below thc front of the typewriting machine and extending across the mechanism from side to side, is a framed member fixed in its position to base surface 12, consisting of an upper plate S1, and lower plate S5, (Figs. 1 and 5) the upper plate Sl being supported by upright posts S0 fixed in and upwardly projecting from plate 85. Between these plates. at equal distances, are eleven (permissibly more or less) vertical spindles S7, the lower ends of which are pivotally mounted in journal bearings in lower plate S5, and their upper ends being journaled and passing up through plate Si. Their extreme upper ends are square, and at this point a small indicating hand 88 is fixed to iach. Details of the mechanism shown 1n Fig. 5 are also shown 1n Figs. 5, 5b, 5, 5d

and 5e.

llnder the hand SS on the upper surface of plate S-l (the upright spindle ST, forming its center), is engraved a circular dial 89, surrounded at equal distance by the numerals 90 from zero to nine,-ten numbers in all. rThe indicating hand S8 rotates with vertical spindle S7 and points successively to the numbers 90. The central portion of the vertical spindle ST is formed of an upright ratchet pinion 91 having ten ratchet teeth. Situated in front, and slightly to the left of each vertical spindle S7, projecting upward and firmly fixed in plate 85, is an upright stud 92, the upper part of which is slotted at said slot being in suoli direction that a short, flexible steel spring 91 held rigidly in its position by a set screw 95, in the top of stud 92 may project backward at an angle, that its rear end may, by the force of its own spring. enter one of the ratchet teeth 91 of the vertical spindle 87, thereby affording a restraining pawl to prevent any rotary motion of the vertical spindle except in one direction.

Directly to the right of each vertical spindle S7 is an actuating bar 9G formed of a thin, flexible, flat, steel bar, provided with a series of ratchet teeth 98 cut upon its lefthand forward edge, engaging with the,A

ratchet teeth 91 of the vertical spindle 87, to rotate the vertical spindle in one direction only. lts forward end 9T passes forward beyond the front of the horizontal plates 81 and 85 and extends over and parallel to the surface plate 12 to the rear end of the mechanism, these bars being under all the other members except a bar for a resetting motion, which will be hereinafter explained. At their front ends 97 their surface width is horizontal. Just back of the vertical spindle, this actuating bar is formed in one quarter turn 100, thereby making their width surface back to this point vertical. These bars are designed for rapid reciprocal movement backward and forward. Near their forward ends and back of the quarter turn, they are supported by small flanged wheels 101, (Fig. G) said wheels being loosely mounted on vertical pins 102 fixed in surface plate 12, projecting upward therefrom. rfhese flanged wheels are placed slightly to the left of a direct backward line, thereby causing the thin actuating bars, `hrough their natural spring force, to press to the left against the right-hand sides of the vertical spindles, thus making a firm but yielding connection between the ratchet eeth on the edge of each bar, and those on the vertical spindle, and permitting the actuating bar to be drawn backward a predetermined distance, the contacting teeth slipping by each other, but to engage upon its forward movement, thereby turning the vertical spindle together with its indicating hand a proportional number of teeth as the indication requires. Projecting downward from plate Se and upward from plate 85, directly over and under the flat forward portion of the actuating bar 96, are two short studs 103 and 104, (Fig. l) their ends coming near the surfaces but not contacting with the actuating bar, designed as guides to prevent displacement, and permitting the ready removal of said bar when desired.

In order to maintain its position and guide its reciprocating motion, the actuatingl bar passes through two slots, the forward one being cut in horizontal bar 105, and the rear slot cut in horizontal bar 106, both of which are firmly fixed to surface plate 12. The right-hand edge of the actuating bar on the opposite side from the toothed section and almost opposite the vertical spindle S7, when it finishes its forward movement, is formed as a wedge 107, its face being at an angle of forty-five degrees with its parallel sides, so formed that at the end of its forward motion, it may contact with upright pin 108 (Figs. 5 and 8) fixed in a movable arm 109, said arm being pivotally mounted on the lower end of upright stud 92, its downward projecting sleeve 109a resting on plate 85. The contact of the wedgevshaped part 107 with upright pin 108 deflects it at the end of its forward motion to the left, and being permitted by its inherent resilience, presses its ratchet teeth 96 in close contact with the ratchet teeth of the vertical spindle 87, thereby limiting the rotary motion of said spindle, and locking it in position, thereby preventing any over kmotion when drawn backward and suddenly released, produced by the forward force of spiral springs 110 (Fig. 6) attached to horizontal pin 111 projecting from its side, and anchored in stud i 112 which is fixed in surface plate 12. On

the right-hand edge of said actuating bar, in the rear of the angular form described, is a further projection 113, (Figs. 6 and 10) forming an edged arm, itsl direction being right-.angular with the parallel sides of the barand with its movement,the back of said projection being reduced to the normal width of the remaining portion of the bar.

The rear portion of the movable arm 109 is formed with a hook-like point 114 at its iight-hand side, and between this point and its upright stop pin 108 is a recess 115. At the right of point 114 is an upright rotary stop 116 movable and journaled in plates 811 and 85. At its extreme lower end projecting horizontally to the right, is fixed an arm 117, (Figs. 5 and 10) the end of which 11S is turned forward, pointing toward the center of the vertical spindle next to its right. rlhe horizontal plane of movement of arm 109 is slightly above the upper face of plate 85.y Directly oppositethe point 114 'of arm 109 a slot or narrow segment 119 is cut horizontally half-way through uprighty rotary stop 116, said slot being of sufficient depth that the point 114 of the movable arm f 109 may enter when upright rotary stop 116 is rotated to the left or toward it. The uncut or peripheral face 120'in front of slot 119 prevents the point '114i from entering the slot until the rotary stud 116 is so turned.

.ft the lower part of the vertical spindle 87 near the surface of platek 65 is fixed a projecting tooth 121A so situated that once in each rotation of said spindle this tooth yprojection contacts with thcibent end 118 of iixed arm 117, thus slightly rocking the rotary stop 116 toward they point 114 of arm 109, permitting the point to enter slot 119, its object being, as army 109 moves to the right, to carry with it upright stop pin 108, thereby releasing the lock, caused by angular portion 107 of actuating bar 96 contacting normallyA with it, moving stop' pin 108 out of the line of forward movement of the actuating bar, and allowing said bar to move forward the distance Vof one ratchet tooth, in order to rotate the next left-hand vertical spindle one tooth and thus move its indicating hand vone point to its next higher number. Any more than this limited amount of forward movement of the actuating bar is prevented by projection 113 contacting with the upright movable stop 116. The additional indicated number is thus eiifected on the dial nextto the left of any recording indicating spindle and hand during the operation of registering the added sum of a ty pewritten number, inother words, effecting a spring carrying motion of the tens to the indicator of the column of next higher denomination at the time when any operative indicating hand reaches or passes by the figure 0.

At the left-hand side of the extreme lower end of rotary stop 116, (Figs. 5 and 5d) diametrically opposite the iixed arm 117, a

recess `or narrow segment, similar to slot 119, is cut horizontally part way through rotary stop 116, a plate 126 fixed in said recess presenting a chord face for the contact of the side of a backward projecting arm of a spring 123. The arm 117 is held against upright pin 122 iixed in plate 85 by force of spring 123 contacting with chord surface plate 126.

The spring 123 is formed so that its forward looped end 124 embraces a downwardly projecting support 123 from the under side of arm 109 fixed `in said arm at a point to the left and slightly back of stud Thence it Ypasses around and in front of stud 92, and continues in a longer arm projecting backward and in contact with the chord face of plate 126 of rotary stop 116. Its force is expansive and its operation is two-fold: first, to normally move the arm 109 and stop pin 108.130 the left, thereby permitting the locking of the teeth of the actuating bar to the teeth of the vertical pinion 91; and second, by the expansive force of its back projecting arm 125 contacting with chord plate 126 of rotary stop 116, to turn said rotary stop to the right, bringing its curved arm 117 to its normal position against stop pin 122, and in the position ofcontact with projecting tooth 121 at the lower part of vertical spindle 87 to be operated thereby. The normal action of this spring is to keep the stop pin 108 against the actuating bar, thus preventing any further forward motion than its normal position permits, and its force is also directed to restore these conditions whenever they are disturbed. The further forward motion of the actuating bar to carry one count to the indicator next to the left of the indicator' in actuation is produced by the forward force of spring 110 individual to each of the actu-y ating bars, said spring being enough more forceful than spring 123 to overcome its initial expanding force.

At the extreme top of the ratchet part 93 on vertical spindle 87 a small portion of the ratchet teeth is cut away, leaving a plane surface 127 as a chord of a circle (a segment having been removed) and the position of this chord is transversely in front of the vertical spindle when the point of the indicating hand is pointing to the rear or at the numeral 0 on the dial.

Slidingly mounted in two upright supports 128 and 129 which are ixed in plate is mounted a reciprocally moving, transverse, resetting bar 130, passing in front of the chord plane surfaces 127 of the vertical spindles 87. Its inner or back edge isoprovided with ratchet teeth 131 pointing to the left, their pitch line being the same as or tangent to that of the ratchet teeth of the verti -al spindle, and in one half of its reciproeating movement, or moving from right to left, it rotates all of the ratchet vert-ical spindles S7 until the chord face parts 127, made by t-he partial removal of the teeth in the vertical spindle, is parallel to the resetting bar 130. rThe ratchet teeth 131 of the resetting bar having no further contact with the ratchet teeth 9S of the vertical spindle 87, it remains motionless during any further reciprocating motion of the resetting bar, and its position rotarily is such that all of the indicating hands SS point to the numeral 0, thereby resetting all the indicators at the Zero point.

A spiral spring 132 connecting with the resetting bar at its right-hand end and anchored to a stud 113, holds the resetting bar normally1 in its right-hand position. Directly in front of each of the vertical spindles S7, when the resetting bar is in a position of rest, a segmental recess 13st is cut away from its contacting edge, thus permitting the vertical spindle 87 to rotate freely during the inaction of the bar. For the reciprocal movement of the resetting bar 130 to the left, a lever 135 is provided, fulcrumed at 136 (Fig. said lever 135 having a handle 138 projecting forward for manual operation. Said lever is connected with the resetting bar 130 by a pivotal link 139.

Just back of the one-quarter turn 100 of the actuating bar 96 (see Figs. 1, 2 and 6) a small horizontal shaft 1110 extending across the mechanism is journaled in two upright bearings fixed to the surface plate 12. Itis provided with short, radial projecting, flat arms 143 which in their normal position incline toward the front of the mechanism. The contacting rear face of these arms is normally within one tooth space of contact with pin 1&4, projecting to the right from actuating bar 96 to allow a forward motion of the actuating bar for the purpose of carrying tens when it is released and moves one tooth space forward, On

the extreme right-hand end of shaft 140 is fixedly mounted an upright crank arm 1-l-5. This upright crank arm 115 is connected with the downwardly projecting arm on rocking shaft 64 by link rod 72, the 'front end of said rod being passed through a hole in crank arm 11:3.

As already shown, the revolution of any of the eccentrics and connected ianges i9, by its wedge-shaped projection 68 contacting with ratchet tooth projection 67 fixed in arm 66, causes shaft 6i and arm 70 to rock backward, thereby communicating a backwardmotion, through link rod 72, to upright crank arm 14-5, and this motion is obtained at the end of the revolution ot' the flange pinion A19, the upright radial arms 14-3 on horizontal shaft 11-0 are also rocked backward, contacting with such horizontal pins 1H in any of the actuating bars 96 as may have been released and moved forward in theeourse of typewriting a line oi numerals, in order to carry the tens, thereby causing a backward hori- Zontal movement to restore it to its norn al position. This backward motion of the actuating bars, which is slightly more than one ratchet tooth, overcomes the forward force of spring 110, thereby permitting the spring 123 to force the hooked pointed end 114: of movable arm 109 to the left out of the slot 119, also by the force of the long arm part 125 of spring 123 contacting with flat plate 126 of rotary stop 116, it turns said stop to the right. This restores the bent arm 117 situated diametrically opposite slot 119 in rotary stop 116 to its normal position in the track of toothed projection 121 on vertical spindle 87, and further, allowing the upright stop pin 103 to resume its former position against angle 107 in actuating bar 96, thus restoring the lock between said ratchet toothed portion 98 and the ratchet teeth 91 on vertical spindle S7, thus resetting the carrying mechanism at the end of the registering motion of each actuating bar before the'actuation of any other bar takes place. The rock shaft 140 and cam arms 143 associated therewith also serve an additional purpose, that of preventing forward movement of the actuator bars 96 when the indicators are reset to the Zero position, as previously described.

From the foregoing description it is understood that whenever an indicator is carried from nine to zero, it releases the stops for the actuating bar next to the left and allows the bar to advance farther. .Vhen the resetting plate or bar 130 is moved to the left, it brings all of the indicators with which it is engaged into the zero position, thereby vcausing the several stops respectively at the left of each indicator, to be displaced, and allowing all of the bars except the extreme right-hand one, which 4keep in this position.

abuts againstfa fixed and always immovable stop 108, to be moved forward by their springs 110 until their shoulders or projections 113 bring up against the vertical shafts 160. Such movement of the bars must be prevented in order that a resetting of the indicators may not unfit the apparatus for further correct calculations and carrying nmvements after any resetting. Accordingly we provide on the end of the rock shaft a crank 1403 which is manually actuated by the operator. lVhenever the indicators are to be reset, the operator first raises the crank 140 and swings the arms 14:3 against the pins 114;, thereby restraining the actuator bars 96 from motion when they are released, as before stated, during the movementof the indicator hands into Zero lposit-ion.. That is, when the rc straint ofthe stop 108 for each bar is removed, the arm lei?) performs the same function and withholds the bar in its proper position. f l

Referring now to Figs. 1, 2, 6v and 7, it will be seen' that at a point in the actuating bar 96 betweenfits front slotted support 105 and its rear slotted support 106, a rock pin 14:6 passes through the bar, being movably mounted therein. Fixed on the left-hand end of this pin and projecting forward is an arm 1117 having a horizontal projection 1&8 at its upper forward end, said projection extending to the right over the actuating bar, a recess 149 being out in thel top of the latter to permit the projection 148 to normally remain below its upper edge, and its forward end is ofy sufficient gravity to The front face of the projection-14f8 is formed from its top line ina receding angle, in order that when itis raised to contact with receding, angular, transverse'bar 80, its draw will keep it automatically in Contact therewith during its backward and forward motion, and be permitted to drop to its normal position when the transverse bar` 80 returns to its full forward position against stop. 83.

0n the right-hand end of pin 146 is fixed a flexible spring arm 150 projecting to the rear, parallel with the side of the actuating` bar. uit its rear end this spring arm is formed in a raised and partly pointed half circle 151 to permit the end of an arm 183 projecting downward from transverse shaft 182, in its rotary motion, to pass over and to contact'with it, in order to depress it, thereby raising the forward end of arm 147 and its projection 148 Vfor contact with the angular, transverse reciprocating bar 80 in its backward movement.

Upon the lateral position of the typewriter carriage depends the numerical value of the typewritten figures, and thus upon `the lateral position of the typewriter carriage must depend the actuation of the indicating hand of corresponding numerical value: 'z'. e., if a figure representing cents be rtypewritten, the indicating hand over the dial at the extreme right must be actuated sufficiently to indicate the increased sum of any numeral from one to nine .in value. rlhe number of columns in kwhich these iigures may be written varies with the necessities of the user. ln large mercantile or banking institutions, or in insurance tabulating, results even in billions might be desired, which, with separating` period and commas, would require sixteen of the seventy-two positions provided by the traverse of the typewriter carriage, thus permitting four such separate columns of figures to be typewritten on a single sheet of paper. If, however, the amounts to be typewritten are small, their total sum never reaching ten thousand dollars, which with period and comma separations would require eight of the seventy-two positions provided by the traverse of the typewriter carriage, thus permitting nine columns of figures to be typewritten on a single sheet of paper, and their total sum'to be recorded.

The drawings represent a mechanism capable of recording hundreds of millions, or one cent less than one billion of dollars. The mechanism is capable of a greater number of indicators if desired, producing accurate results.

Atlthe left-hand side of the typewriting machine, (referring to Figs. 2a, 7 and 8) near its rear part, are fixedly mounted on surface plate 12, two upright supports 152 and 153, supporting respectively at left and right, spindle 154, journaled therein upon which is mounted between said supports face cam 155. This member is camined or recessed on its right-hand face with an outer' 156 and an inner 157, circular groove, these grooves being connected by in volute form `of groove 158 to effect rise and fall motion of the pin 178 of lever 177 as the cam rotates forward or backward. he left-hand side of this cam has a sleeve 159 projecting within bearing 162, restricting end shake of spindle lln with set screw 160,

which permits adjustment to angular posifixed in upright support 152 forms an outer attachment for spring 164e.

The rimmed wheel 161 revolves freely without attachment othervthan its bearing, being actuated by involute flat spring 16d attached. at its inner end to stud 165 projecting` from the hub of wheel 161, and restrained by thin steell tape 166, one end of which is attached to its periphery and its les other end passing over a rimmed wheel 166 pivotally mounted in a suitable support, said tape continuing over said rimmed wheel and extending horizontally to the right over the steel tape of the typewriting machine, its looped end being detachably connected to hook 6 on the typewriter carriage. The force of involute flat spring 161 aflords the necessary power to rotate its connecting parts and in addition, tends to add slightly to the force of the spring already provided to move the typewriter carriage, thereby relieving the latter spring from additional duty. The active force of spring 166 is renewed by the manually operated return of the typewriter carriage to its right-hand position.

On the left-hand side of wheel 161 (Fig. 8) are projecting teeth 167, equal in number to the number of spaces traversed by the typewriter carriage, the Remington machine affording seventy-two spaces. Further to the left and slidably bearing on spindle 151, is a hand piece or knob 168, the motion of which to the right or left engages with or disengages from wheel 161 through lever or catch 169. Stop screw in rim of knob 168 serves to secure spring 171 which passes axis-wise through said hand knob.

Lever catch 169 is pivoted at 172 to an arm of knob 168 and engages a fixed stop 173 traversing a slot in spindle 151 and passingbetween the tines of fork end 17-1 of catch lever 169, the longer arm of which fork contacts with spring 171 in either position as catch or release. lVhen the knob is pushed inward, its lower end is released from the stop spring 175 and then enters the toothed portion 167, so as to clutch the cam spindle 150 to said toothed portion 167, permitting the cam to rotate simultaneously with the motion of the typewriter carriage, by force of spring 161. or by the return motion of the carriage, thereby providing means, of connection, accommodating the mechanism to operate for columns of figures written at any desired position of the paper carried by the carriage.

Upright support 176, (Fig. 7) slotted at its top, serves as a support for lever 177 piv-A otally supported at 178, having a. rear arm bearing a pin 178 projecting within the groove in cam wheel 155, its forward arm being formed as a tooth segment capable of transmitting motion to pinion 179 fixed on transverse shaft 182.

Upright supports 180 and 181 fixed on surface plate 12 provide journal bearings for a transverse shaftl 182 bearing fixed pinion 179 and also bearingl fixed radial arms 188, the number of which is equal to that of the totalizing bars 96, arranged in a helical line equally spaced laterally, but unequally placed cireumferentially, their lateral position being such that each is in the plane of the raised portion of one of the spring arms 150. Also fixedly mounted on the projecting ends of shaft 182 are two surface cams 184 and 185, their pitch circle 186 having indentations 187 and a projecting part 188.

Upright supports 189 and 190 (Fig. 8) firmly fixed in surface plate 12 furnish journaled pivotal bearings 191 for two corresponding rocking arms 192 and 198 extending forward and backward from their pivotal center, connected at their forward ends by a lateral, square-edged bar 19-1. Its rear arms have upward tooth projections 195 which normally contact with the different faces of cams 181 and 185, and held so by springs 196.

On the forward ends of rods 61 is fixed a small collar 197 serving as a stop to their posterior motion when contacting with bar 191.

Connected with arm 192 and extending forward is a projecting arm 198 slotted at 199 at the under side of its forward end. Its depression is permitted by the downward movement of arm 192 to which it is attached when the upward projection 195 on its rear arm enters either notch 187 in cams 184C and 185, and its notch 199 is caused to embrace an upright projecting lug 199 on vibrating' arm 216, thereby holding it in a fixed position, and so placed that none of the slots 28 in the forward ends of the members 19 will embrace transverse rod 218, thereby preventing the typewriting of a numeral when the typewriting carriage is at a point to write a period or commas between the denominational groups of figures.

The grooves of the cam 155 are so constructed that no movement of the armed lever 177 can occur, except when the involute formed portion of groove 158 contacts with projecting pin 17 8, and this involute portion of groove 158 is between an angle of sufficient number of degrees to effect the rise or fall of arm 177 while the typewriter carriage is passing over fifteen of its step movements, providing three step places for each millions, thousands, hundreds, and two places for cents, together with three places for separating commas and period, making in all eleven numerals and three step places. These, together with a place of rest either before or after writing a line of figures, make in all fifteen positions.

The teeth of pinion 179 fixed on shaft 182 are fteen in number, thus providing in its total revolution for the fourteen step positions above described, and one position of rest, fifteen in all. Thus the rotary motion of pinion 179 and connected shaft 182 is either one complete forward or backward full revolution during the pin 17 8 traversing the involute portion 158 of the cam groove. Before the pin 178 enters, or after it leaves, involute portion of cam groove 157,

it remains stationary, positioned in either the inner or outer cam grooves, the circular lengths of which pass through an angle sufficient that the entire traverse of the typewriting machine carriage may occur without pin 178 entering the involute portion of groove, and during either' of these intervals the rotating faced cams 185 are in ay position of rest, and their projecting points 188 contacting with teeth 195, depress part 193, consequently raising front portion 192 and its connecting square-edged bar 194 with collars 197, thereby preventin the connection of any eccentric to its revo ving ratchet 44, thus preventing the totalizing of any number written, the entire mechanism being thus thrown out of actionwhen not desired for use.

An upright bearing 201 fixed to surface plate 12 supports a fixed pivot 203 bearing members 205 and 206 at the right. MemberV 206 is permitted to rock independently, its rear upward arm 207 contacting under transverse bar 194, its downward arm 207 having a pivotal Vsupport 207"` for forwardly projecting link 208, its forward end having a restraining catch 209 (Figs. 1 and 2) and knob 210 for manual operation. The downward motion of member 205 communicates an upward motion of member 206, thereby raising square'bar 194 in position to contact with collars 197.

Attached pivotally to member 205 is an upright connecting rod 213 (Figs. 1 and 3) having a suitable detachable contact at its top extremity with curved crank lever 13 which falls when the shift'key is depressed, to write upper case characters on the typewriting machine.

Upright supports 214 andf215 fixed to surface plate 12 form journaled bearings 216 and 217 for upright rocking arms 216 and 217. These two rocking arms are connected by a traverse rod 218 which is rocked by the embrace of the slots 23 in the front ends of members 17 in its downward motion. The situation of each of the slots being at a different radial distance from their pivotal centers, only one of the members can rock downward at the same time, those remaining out of embrace being stopped by aY slightly different position of bar 218. The slots 23 have a widened opening with rounded contactingfaces, 1n order that any slot z' will find its position, enabling bar 218 to enter therein. These arms 216 and 217 with their rod 218 are normally held upright in which is equal in width to the rod 218, and extend beyond the stop so as to embrace the rod and hold it central. In this position (shown in Fig. 3) the lug 199 is in the path of movement of notch 199, but at the same time the bar 218 and arms 216 217 are free to more against the yielding resistance of the springs when engaged by the slots in thek release levers 17 and the springs return said bar and arms to central position when disengaged from these levers 17.

The typewriting machine which in the accompanying drawings is shown as a Remington (but which by slight adjustment may be any of the so-called ckey-lever machines), when placed upon the supports provided at the four corners of the mechanism, is so positioned that in the depression of any of thenine number keys, the bottom edge of its key-lever bar makes a detachable contact with the friction-reducing roller 21 piyotally mounted on the rocking arm 17 directly beneath, thus imparting a downward motion to the forward end 0f such arm. The concentric slot 23 in such member 17 with slightly Haring, rounded faces at its opening, permits the embrace of rocking transverse rod 218, thus rocking said rod slightly forwardy or backward, and holding it in a position whereby no other similar member (the concentric slot in each being at a slightly different distance, radially from their pivotal point) can embrace said rod, thereby preventing the actuation of a second key, until the first one operated has completed its movement and returned to its normal position.

The downward movement of member 17 causes an upward movement of its rear projecting parts 17 and 17 which, contacting with point 29. of release arm 29, rocks the latter slightly backward, together with spring 62 and connecting link 61, the forward end of which is connected to said arm near its upper end. The rearward motion of link 61 causes the release and operable connection of one of the actuating eccentrics, as will later be described. As only a slight depression of they number key is suflicient to cause actuation of the totalizing mechanism it would be possible to ca use several actuations by slightly touching a number key;I without depressing it far enough to cause the type bar to print a number by striking the platen. To prevent this, the lazy dog, so called, 24 is provided, the eccentric face 24 of which rocks in frictional contact with concentric face 17 permitting the latter to rock upward freely but preventing any return motion, until forward curved arm 19, when the member 17 reaches its lowermost position` contacts with the proiecting pin 25, and rocks the lazy dog backward, causing the V teeth 25 at its lower end to slip forward over the holding Cil teeth 28 in bar spring 28, relieving the contact of the two surfaces 17 and 24', and permitting arm 17 to return to its normal position. Tn so returning at the end of its motion, curved arm 20 contacts with the pin 25, rocking the lazy dog forward into contact with member 17, its V teeth 25 passing over and being held at the rear side of teeth 28', in bar sprinO` 28, thus restoring the former conditions, and thereby compelling full downward stroke of a number key lever and the printing` of a correspond ing numeral before actuation of any other totalizing mechanism. Expanding spring 27 having looped ends embracing stud 26 on member 17, and also stud 29 on arm 29, restores member 17 and arm 29 to their normal positions.

The slight backward movement of arm 29 through rod 61, and its pushing spring part 62, communicates a backward rocking motion to upright rocking arm 55, causing projection 54 on arm 53 to fall through slot or opening 59 below the under side of pallet 57, and removing all restraint against its rotation with member 49, its falling motion causing the forward point of arm 53 to swing upward, and to slip from the top of upright post 63, at the same time rocking the point of ratchet pawl 51 on the right of spindle 50 backward and into contact with a tooth of ratchet wheel 44. Said wheel, as previously described is fixed on revolvshaft 41 which revolves forward quite rapidly, driven by the motor 32 or other driving means, and when so connected, gives instantaneously a forward rotary motion to member 47 which is mounted on horizontally projecting bearing 46, being formed as a sleeve around shaft 41, but not in any way contacting with it, and carries the eccentric 48. The movement of member 47 is limited to a single rotation by projection 54, on arm 58 coming into contact at the end of a revolution with the second horizontal pallet 58 projecting to the right from the top of the upright rocking arm 55, thereby throwing the forward point of arm 53 outward and downward in position to strike the top of upright stud 63, and at the same time disengaging pawl 51 from ratchet wheel 44. The forward point of arm 53 resting on upright stud 63 and its rear projection 54 resting on pallet 58, holds arm 53 in a horizontal position, with its pivotal part 50 passing horizontally through flanged member 49, while arm 55 is in its backwardly rocked position and stops the rotation of member 49 and eccentric 48. This revolving and stopping motion is so rapid that the arm 55 operated through link 61 and arm 29 cannot by manual operation be released quickly enough to permit it to swing forward and allow projection 54 to contact with any part but the front pallet 58. In subjecting the mechanism to high speed tests, it has never failed to make one revolution and stop, and the amount of power to simply rock upright arm 55 backward is inappreciable. We consider this one of the most important parts of this invention. Upon the rocking forward of upright arm 55 projection 54 falls to pallet 57, thereby still locking member 47 from rotation, but taking a position where a subsequent depression of its appropriate number key will permit its release and produce a result like that above described. There are nine of these members 47, each bearing an eccentric of different eccentricity. The eccentric which is rotated upon the depression of number one key, causes through its strap and eccentric rod, a backward movement of about one-fourteenth of an inch; that which is rotated upon the depression of a number nine key, causes a backward movement of nine-fourteenths of an inch; and the intermediate eccentric members are constructed to effect motion in proportion, corresponding` to the numerical value indicated in their corresponding number keys.

The looped end of eccentric rod 74, of which there is one such rod for each eccentric, projects forward, its looped end embracing transverse rod 81, ixedly mounted at its ends in rocking arms 79 depending from pivots in upright supports 76 and 77. The backward movement of rod 81 is caused by the rotation of any eccentric, and its forward movement by the springs 82 mounted in upright supports 76 and 77 their force being directed against the rear sides of downwardly projecting arms 79, and these movements cause backward and forward movement of the actuating bars 96 through the transverse angle-bar 80, also i'ixedly mounted in said arms near their extreme lower ends, which engages the detent or movable arm 147 of any of such bars when one of these dete-nts is raised by one of the helically arranged rotating radial arms 183. Engagement between the bar 8O and detent is maintained by the undercut formation of point 148 of such detent. The elevation of a detent 147 by depression of its rear arm 150 occurs at the time of the stepping motion of the typewriting machine carriage after the recording of a sum previously typewritten, thus providing detachable engagement between bar 8O and a totalizing bar 96 in advance of its required use. Thus an actuating bar for adding a. figure of the next lower denomination is made ready for operation immediately before its motion is required to totalize a typewritten amount.

The different degrees of backward and return motion of the angle-bar afford controlled, varied, predetermined motions, by which a single revolution of any of the nine eccentrics, each operating upon the depression of the number' key by which it is controlled, communicates 'an amount of motion proportional to the numerical value represented by the key to any one or' the eleven actuating bars which correspond in numerical value to the value indicated by the position on the sheet in which a number is typewritten. As has been explained, this selection of the particular corresponding indicator according to numerical value, is dependent upon the position of the typewriter carriage, and is obtained as follows: The involute flat spring 161 attached at its outer end to stud 163, and at its inner end to projecting pin 165 on the hub of the band wheel 161, tends to rotate the band wheel in a counter clock-wise motion (looking from right to left, Fig. 8). Fixed to the face of said band wheel and coiled around it between its flanged edges is a thin steel tape 166, passing up from its front limb over a rimmed trundle wheel 166" pivotally mounted in frame 166, which frame is fastened to an upright support of the typewriting machine frame, thence in a horizontal direction across the machine to the right, and to the carriage, being immediately above and parallel to the steel tape already provided to actuate the step motion of the carriage, its looped end being passed over the same hook as the machine tape. Spring 164: thus provides sul'licient rotating force to operate the face cam 155 and other parts driven thereby, and in addition7 aids in moving the typewriter carriage. so that the spring already provided for the latter purpose is not called upon for additional duty. v

The aiiixing of the frames of the typewriter and attachment and drawing th-e tape over the trundle wheel, attaching its loop to the hook 6 and turning a thumb-screw in another part, is all the connection required to insure the mechanism to be in operable connection with the typewriting machine. It may here be stated that a cord or chain may be used instead of a tape, and that such a substitution is within the scope of our invention.

Thus the band wheel turns forward by force of its spring, its motion being limited by restraint of the steel tape attached to the carriage, just as far as its step motion to the left permits, and said wheel turns backward by means of the steel tape when the carriage` is manually returned to its righthand position.

The cam 155 is liXed to spindle 1511 and turns with it. The knob 168 slides to the right and left on spindle 154 and by its pin 173 between the. tines of 'forked lever 169, rocks said lever on its pivotal support 172, so upon vthe sliding movement of the knob to the right, the right-hand edge of the forked. lever is carried to the right and caused to enter between two of the radial teeth 167 (seventy-two in numb-er) on the left-hand side of band wheel 161, thereby permitting a connection of the cam to the tape wheel, and thereby to the carri-ige in any relation thereto. l

The outside and inside concentric grooves in the cam face provide for holding the pin 17 8 without actuation during the rotation of the cam. If the knob operating forked lever arm 169 be withdrawn to the left and turned so that the point of said lever passes over one of the springs 175, being stopped between them, and the knob and lever are then pressed to the right fixing arm 169 between two of the radial teeth 167 on the band wheel, the position of the cam is such that the pin 178 is ready to enter the involute lgroove 158 in cam 155 at the next step mop tion of the carriage, and then to be in^ position for causing indication on the left-hand dial of a ligure written in the hundred millions column. Thus the location of the column of figures, in relation to the numbered steps of the carriage, being determined, the operative connection oi the mech- The front segmental toothed portion 179 of l lever 177 will thus be rocked downward until pin 17 8 is embraced by inner concentric groove 1,57, when its continued rotation will not further eiiect lever 177, thus permittingthe writing of letters or numerals or other characters both before reaching or after passing a predetermined location for the column of figures. Movement oi' the lever 177 through its segmental teeth meshing with teeth vof vpinion 179 fixed on shaft 182 rotates said shaft. The radially projecting arms 188 fixedly mounted on said shaft are regularly positioned, and transversely distanced, so that their extreme ends during rotary motion will be in line to contact with spring arms 150 at 151, thereby depressing said arms successively and affording contact of arm 14-7, and end 1-18 with angular bar 80, thus selecting the connection for the movement of the actuating bars in rregular order from left to right. The angular positions of arms 188 on shaft 182 are such that when the pin 17 8 enters the involute groove one step, the left-hand arm end raises the contacting arm 14:7 of the {irst left-hand actuating bar, which moves the left-hand indicator representing hundred millions. If no-w a figure be typewritten while the carriage remains at that point, it will be totalized, or recorded on the first CII 

